Shah Faesal, a celebrated IAS topper from Jammu and Kashmir on Friday lashed out at the national media for making him part of its sadistic propaganda and drawing his comparison with killed Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist commander Burhan Wani.

Shah Faesal had shown the way forward to Kashmiri students, J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Friday as congratulatory messages from several quarters poured in for the Kashmiri doctor who had topped the UPSC exam.